The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission has launched an investigation into the circumstances of Detective Superintendent Colm Fox's death, who was the lead investigating officer in the Regency Hotel shooting.

A convoy of trucks evacuated dozens of people including women and children from the Islamic State group's last Syrian holdout, bringing US-backed forces closer to retaking the last sliver of the "caliphate".

An Post is to introduce zero-emission postal deliveries in Dublin city centre by the end of the year, with plans to extend the service to Cork, Galway, Limerick, Kilkenny and Waterford by the end of 2020.